Author Topic: Trump: Everything I say now is a suggestion (Read 9929 times)

mystery-ak · « **on:** May 13, 2016, 01:57:49 pm »

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/trump-everything-i-say-suggestion-223157

Trump: Everything I say now is a suggestion

By Nick Gass

05/13/16 07:54 AM EDT

To hear Donald Trump explain his various proposals on Friday, including a temporary ban on Muslims entering the United States—with exceptions, the presumptive Republican nominee made one thing clear: As of right now, they are all just suggestions.

Calling into "Fox & Friends," his final television hit of the morning, Trump was asked by co-host Brian Kilmeade about the response to his comment that his Muslim ban was "just a suggestion."

"Yeah. It was a suggestion. Look, anything I say right now, I'm not the president," Trump said. "Everything is a suggestion, no matter what you say, it's a suggestion."

"I feel strongly we have to do something about when you look at radical Islamic terrorism, we have a president that as you folks know very well, we have a president who won't use the term for the World Trade Center, he won't use the term. And we have to do something. And you're not going to do something about it until you know what the problem is," Trump said.

Trump also said he has spoken with Rudy Giuliani about heading a commission looking at immigration problems in the U.S.

"I have spoken to Rudy Giuliani. We're going to put together a group," he said. "We're going to look at the problem. We're going to study the problem. It's a temporary ban. I feel very strongly that we have to find out what the problem is. When you look at San Bernardino, when you look at Paris, when you look at all of these horrible, horrible acts of hatred, this is pure hatred. We have to find out and get to the bottom of the problem before we can solve it."

BigHomer · « **Reply #1 on:** May 13, 2016, 02:00:46 pm »

Quote from: mystery-ak on May 13, 2016, 01:57:49 pm

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/trump-everything-i-say-suggestion-223157

Trump: Everything I say now is a suggestion

Words that have never been spoken by a true leader in the history of the world

austingirl · « **Reply #2 on:** May 13, 2016, 02:10:57 pm »

Trump is a clown who is in far over his head. Wonder how his adoring fans feel about this?

Mechanicos · « **Reply #3 on:** May 13, 2016, 02:12:17 pm »

$neverTrump needs to get some common sense. Trump is not the President, nor is he guaranteed to win the election. So yes its HIS suggestion and Goal but if hes not elected it will only be a suggestion. That's all it is at THIS time. In the Future it will be action, but for now its not.

BigHomer · « **Reply #4 on:** May 13, 2016, 02:16:07 pm »

Quote from: Mechanicos on May 13, 2016, 02:12:17 pm

$neverTrump needs to get some common sense. Trump is not the President, nor is he guaranteed to win the election. So yes its HIS suggestion and Goal but if hes not elected it will only be a suggestion. That's all it is at THIS time. In the Future it will be action, but for now its not.

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Mechanicos · « **Reply #5 on:** May 13, 2016, 02:18:18 pm »

So Trump has the Power now to make his Goals work? Tell me how can he do that until he gets elected President? I am interested in your understanding of how much power a candidate has before they are elected?

sinkspur · « **Reply #6 on:** May 13, 2016, 02:20:08 pm »

People who will fall for Trump will fall for anything.

austingirl · « **Reply #7 on:** May 13, 2016, 03:04:42 pm »

Trump has no core principles- everything is negotiable including the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

Frank Cannon · « **Reply #8 on:** May 13, 2016, 03:30:41 pm »

Quote from: Mechanicos on May 13, 2016, 02:18:18 pm

So Trump has the Power now to make his Goals work? Tell me how can he do that until he gets elected President? I am interested in your understanding of how much power a candidate has before they are elected?

This isn't about power. This is about what exactly will Donny do if he gets in. All of these promises are now just "suggestions". It means he is just saying them for votes and really doesn't have any interest in implementing them.

BigHomer · « **Reply #9 on:** May 13, 2016, 03:38:48 pm »

Quote from: austingirl on May 13, 2016, 03:04:42 pm

Trump has no core principles- everything is negotiable including the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

Leader: Plan- An orderly or step-by-step conception or proposal for accomplishing an objective

Not a leader: Suggestion - the process of inducing a thought, sensation, or action in a receptive person without using persuasion and without giving rise to reflection in the recipient

kjam22 · « **Reply #10 on:** May 13, 2016, 03:47:37 pm »

Quote from: Mechanicos on May 13, 2016, 02:18:18 pm

So Trump has the Power now to make his Goals work? Tell me how can he do that until he gets elected President? I am interested in your understanding of how much power a candidate has before they are elected?

What exactly is the difference between a King Trumpy suggestion.... and King Trumpy's Official Platform?

INVAR · « **Reply #11 on:** May 13, 2016, 04:19:42 pm »

Quote from: Mechanicos on May 13, 2016, 02:18:18 pm

So Trump has the Power now to make his Goals work? Tell me how can he do that until he gets elected President? I am interested in your understanding of how much power a candidate has before they are elected?

In times past, when we had statesmen, and even some JR. Ruling Class Oligarchs pining for office - they would create POLICY PLATFORMS that were not "suggestions" but concrete blueprints and plans for what they hoped to achieve once they held office.

Trump has *suggestions*.

Suggestions that can be changed and modified, depending on whom he is speaking to at the moment.

Trump has made it clear, he will say anything for anyone, at anytime - and change his mind about it later.

Trump intends to rule, not govern.

And the seig-heiling mob of sycophants are already cheering on the calls for him to act as dictator.

NavyCanDo · « **Reply #12 on:** May 13, 2016, 04:29:59 pm »

Some seem OK with changing campaign promises into "campaign suggestions" for just Trump. Campaign promises are as old as elections themselves. We elect people because of what they say they will do, beginning on their first day in office. If I went by suggestions, I may as well vote for the loud mouth at the end of the bar, - they seem to have some pretty good suggestions. All this is, is a way out for Trump as he backs away from a divisive stance, that could keep Sanders voters from crossing over. And Trumpsters are perfectly fine with it.

don-o · « **Reply #13 on:** May 13, 2016, 04:32:26 pm »

Quote from: Mechanicos on May 13, 2016, 02:12:17 pm

$neverTrump needs to get some common sense. Trump is not the President, nor is he guaranteed to win the election. So yes its HIS suggestion and Goal but if hes not elected it will only be a suggestion. That's all it is at THIS time. In the Future it will be action, but for now its not.

I must at least give some credit to the persistence in trying to tamp down the growing dumpster fire that Trump's own mouth is creating.

BigHomer · « **Reply #14 on:** May 13, 2016, 04:32:38 pm »

Quote from: NavyCanDo on May 13, 2016, 04:29:59 pm

Some seem OK with changing campaign promises into "campaign suggestions" for just Trump. Campaign promises are as old as elections themselves. We elect people because of what they say they will do, beginning on their first day in office. If I went by suggestions, I may as well vote for the loud mouth at the end of the bar, - they seem to have some pretty good suggestions. All this is, is a way out for Trump as he backs away from a divisive stance, that could keep Sanders voters from crossing over. And Trumpsters are perfectly fine with it.

GrouchoTex · « **Reply #15 on:** May 13, 2016, 04:45:00 pm »

Quote from: Mechanicos on May 13, 2016, 02:18:18 pm

So Trump has the Power now to make his Goals work? Tell me how can he do that until he gets elected President? I am interested in your understanding of how much power a candidate has before they are elected?

So why run on any Platform, Policy, or Principle at all?
Oh yeah, my bad, that's what he is doing.

Don't you want to promote clear cut ideas to differentiate yourself from others running?
How do you show you have better solutions, rather than "suggestions"?

Idaho_Cowboy · « **Reply #16 on:** May 13, 2016, 04:49:17 pm »

I guess make America Great again might just be a suggestion.

At least Trump is being honest, in a San Fernando Red (from the Red Skelton Show) kind of way.

kjam22 · « **Reply #17 on:** May 13, 2016, 04:50:55 pm »

Quote from: GrouchoTex on May 13, 2016, 04:45:00 pm

So why run on any Platform, Policy, or Principle at all?
Oh yeah, my bad, that's what he is doing.

Don't you want to promote clear cut ideas to differentiate yourself from others running?
How do show you have better solutions, rather than "suggestions"?

I'm running for president..... but..... Everything that I say now is a suggestion? That is insulting. Insulting that King Trumpy would think we would believe that. Insulting that he would think the American public would be so stupid to accept that from a candidate. But then I look around at all of the King Trumpy Worshipers and you know..... he is right about a segment of the American public.

catfish1957 · « **Reply #18 on:** May 13, 2016, 04:51:46 pm »

Quote from: BigHomer on May 13, 2016, 02:00:46 pm

Words that have never been spoken by a true leader in the history of the world

Big, we are witnessing the biggest political scam of the millennium. It is an absolute mystery how this many people can be duped into supporting this political Trojan Horse.

kjam22 · « **Reply #19 on:** May 13, 2016, 04:53:57 pm »

Quote from: Idaho_Cowboy on May 13, 2016, 04:49:17 pm

I guess make America Great again might just be a suggestion.

At least Trump is being honest, in a San Fernando Red (from the Red Skelton Show) kind of way.

Build a wall is just a suggestion. Get mexico to pay for it is just a suggestion. Renegotiate the Iran Nuke deal is just a suggestion.

GrouchoTex · « **Reply #20 on:** May 13, 2016, 04:56:53 pm »

Quote from: kjam22 on May 13, 2016, 04:50:55 pm

I'm running for president..... but..... Everything that I say now is a suggestion? That is insulting. Insulting that King Trumpy would think we would believe that. Insulting that he would think the American public would be so stupid to accept that from a candidate. But then I look around at all of the King Trumpy Worshipers and you know..... he is right about a segment of the American public.

Sure, why not, let's vote for "whatever" for president?
Isn't that what this admission of it all being "suggestions" amounts to?

Mechanicos · « **Reply #21 on:** May 13, 2016, 04:59:49 pm »

Funny, $neverTrump promised to oppose Trumps Platform. So in real world until he can negotiate them to get on board they are just his wanting them not law. Common sense people Just like Cruz's platform was nothing more then his suggestionsof what he wanted. Until they become law they they are stated goals not things that have happened yet.

Idaho_Cowboy · « **Reply #22 on:** May 13, 2016, 05:01:43 pm »

Quote from: GrouchoTex on May 13, 2016, 04:56:53 pm

Sure, why not, let's vote for "whatever" for president?
Isn't that what this admission of it all being "suggestions" amounts to?

There's a wise old poverb about buying a pig in a poke.

sinkspur · « **Reply #23 on:** May 13, 2016, 05:03:24 pm »

Quote from: Idaho_Cowboy on May 13, 2016, 04:49:17 pm

I guess make America Great again might just be a suggestion.

At least Trump is being honest, in a San Fernando Red (from the Red Skelton Show) kind of way.

Damn! You're old. So am I. I remember Red and Klem Kadiddlehopper.

kjam22 · « **Reply #24 on:** May 13, 2016, 05:06:57 pm »

Quote from: Mechanicos on May 13, 2016, 04:59:49 pm

Funny, $neverTrump promised to oppose Trumps Platform. So in real world until he can negotiate them to get on board they are just his wanting them not law. Common sense people Just like Cruz's platform was nothing more then his suggestionsof what he wanted. Until they become law they they are stated goals not things that have happened yet.

Cruz's platform was written and represented something that he meant. That were part of his core set of beliefs and values. You can't say that about any of King Trumpy's suggestions or his political platform (which are according to you, apparently the same thing)